My final thoughts after travelling through Thimphu, Phobjikha, Punakha and Paro
Bhutan is a very small country sitting between two giants—India on one side and China on the other.
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After another delicious breakfast at Dhumra Farm Resort, it was time to begin the final leg of our Bhutan journey—from Punakha to Paro.
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Our next destination after Phobjikha Valley was Punakha. The distance was only around 80–85 kilometres, but by then we had learnt not to judge travel time in Bhutan by distance. With the winding mountain roads, even a relatively short journey could take three to four hours.
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Our next destination after Thimphu was Phobjikha Valley, around 130 kilometres away. On paper, 130 kilometres does not sound like a particularly long journey. In Bhutan, however, distance has to be understood differently. Almost the entire drive was through the hills, with continuous curves and some fairly steep climbs and descents.
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Bhutan had always been one of those places I knew I would visit someday. But strangely, it had never been an aspirational destination for me. In my mind, it would probably be somewhat similar to Sikkim or the other Himalayan destinations in India. I had already been to Sikkim twice, and since Bhutan was a neighbouring country, I had always thought that that this place is going to be pretty much the same – never got the motivation to put in extra effort to plan for a Bhutan visit.
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After spending the first few days exploring Langkawi while staying near Kuah Town, it was time to move to the beach side of the island.
So we checked out from Dayang Bay Resort and headed towards our next stay – The Frangipani Langkawi Resort, located at Pantai Tengah.
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After the first day of simply settling down and relaxing at the hotel, we started exploring a few places around Langkawi over the next few days. Since we had kept a full week for the trip, there was no hurry to pack everything into a tight schedule.
For quite some time I had been thinking that I should take my parents on an international trip. They had travelled within India quite a bit, but a proper international holiday had never really happened. So that was one of the motivations behind planning this trip.
The next question was where to go.
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Dubai Expo – The place where the world came together. It was amazing 4 days in Dubai. The scale of everything was just amazing.
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This was the last part of our Sri Lanka trip. Beaches!
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We were in Kandy for 3 nights.
It was around 8pm, by the time we collected luggage and found ourselves walking towards the exit of Bandarnaike International Airport.
Bali has a bit of everything. On one hand you have beautiful beaches, on the other hand you have majestic mountains and beautiful temples! Here’s an account of
Bali has many awesome beaches. When it came to choosing our base location, from where we’ll travel to other places, we were faced with quite a conundrum. After considering all factors we chose Sanur Beach.
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